Ukraine and Its Western Allies Germanyʼs Failure and the Necessary Lessons for the Future Sabine Adler, Andreas Umland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adler, Sabine, Author.

Contributor:

Umland, Andreas Dr, Author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deutschland.

Germany.

Krieg.

Ukraine.

War.

Western Allies.

westliche Alliierte.

Local Subjects:

Deutschland.

Germany.

Krieg.

Ukraine.

War.

Western Allies.

westliche Alliierte.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (211 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2023

Biography/History:

Sabine Adler is a long-time Eastern Europe expert for the German radio station "Deutschlandfunk". She reported from Moscow for many years, was head of the capital city studio in Berlin and correspondent in the Warsaw studio, focusing on Belarus, the Baltic countries, and Ukraine. During the Euro-Maidan events, she reported from Kyiv and afterwards on the war in Eastern Ukraine. She has received numerous awards for her work, including "Political Journalist of the Year".

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Sabine Adler is a long-time Eastern Europe expert for the German radio station "Deutschlandfunk". She reported from Moscow for many years, was head of the capital city studio in Berlin and correspondent in the Warsaw studio, focusing on Belarus, the Baltic countries, and Ukraine. During the Euro-Maidan events, she reported from Kyiv and afterwards on the war in Eastern Ukraine. She has received numerous awards for her work, including "Political Journalist of the Year".

Summary:

The war in Ukraine is putting Germanyʹs political and economic actions to the test. For decades, Ukraine, the second-largest state in Europe, was overlooked and Russia was courted. With fatal consequences. Germany has failed, as Sabine Adler states, an expert on Eastern Europe. Her analysis focuses not only on Ukraine and the current war, but above all on Germanyʼs role—in economic, political, and media terms—in relation to the country invaded by Russia. As a long-standing and clear-sighted observer, she gives a critical assessment: Political omissions, lobbyism, double standards, and a mendacious pacifism were dominant for long periods. Time for the West to learn from the bad example of Germany and to follow a sensible policy! "Rarely do many years of local knowledge and familiarity with the history of the setting come together to such an extent as in Sabine Adler's Ukraine book. This is a long-overdue read!" —Prof Dr Karl Schlögel, University of Konstanz and European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder. "Dramatically enlightening book." —Christian Thomas, Frankfurter Rundschau (2023-01-14) "An authoritative contribution." —Natascha Freundel, RBB Kulturradio (2023-01-10) "Adler judges wisely and razor-sharp." —Viola Schenz, Süddeutsche Zeitung (2022-10-04) "Sabine Adler's judgment is unflinching and free of doubt." —Peter Köpf, Karenina (2022-09-26) "Adler manages with her book to hold a mirror up to us. She points out the errors in thinking." —Paul Toetzke, Liberal Modern(2022-09-07) "This book explains a lot. You will be wiser afterwards." —Jörg Thadeusz, WDR 2 (2022-08-29) "This might be unique at the moment, this form of depth of insight." —Bernd Schekauski, MDR Kultur (2022-08-18)

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Introduction to the English edition

The tragedy

Chechnya as a blueprint for Ukraine

Putin, Schröder, Warnig-pretty clever friends

Merkel's no to Kyiv's NATO membership

Ukraine-a jewel in Putin's tsarist crown

The Crimean "referendum"-a vote under Russian occupation

Sanctions as threatening as cotton balls

Fascists, patriots, and pacifists

Bahr, Eppler, Schmidt, and Schröder-the quartet of vain old men

German business in the interests of the Kremlin

Russia Day and climate foundation

Dangerous amateur historian-Putin declares the unity of Russians and Ukrainians

Blank spaces-Stalin's terror and the unknown holocaust

One-sided consideration due to selective memory

More than just art theft-the Nazi foray through Ukraine

Merkel's cold farewell, Chancellor Scholz's tough start, and a scuttled joker

The Zeitenwende (turn of the times) speech

And in the future?

Sources

Acknowledgements.

ISBN:

3-8382-7832-1

Publisher Number:

9783838278322